U.S. patent application number 15/535233 was filed with the patent office on 2017-12-28 for content delivery method.
The applicant listed for this patent is ABLE WORLD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED. Invention is credited to HO-CHEUNG CHEUNG, WAI-TUNG CHEUNG, CHUN-HSIAO LIN.
Application Number | 20170371625 15/535233 |
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Family ID | 55017056 |
Filed Date | 2017-12-28 |
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United States Patent
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20170371625 |
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A1 |
CHEUNG; WAI-TUNG ; et
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December 28, 2017 |
CONTENT DELIVERY METHOD
Abstract
A content delivery method includes the following steps. Firstly,
a projectable space instance for modeling a workspace is provided
to a network connection device so as to allow a sender to deliver a
content to a receiver. Then, an information importer for providing
the content to the workspace and an authentication tool are
optionally configured in the projectable space instance by the
sender, and a receiver identity is assigned in the authentication
tool. Then, a uniform resource identifier (URI) corresponding to
the projectable space instance is transmitted from the sender to
the receiver through a public communication channel. When the
receiver opens the URI, the workspace is projected to the receiver.
After the receiver is authenticated according to the receiver
identity assigned by the sender, the receiver logins into the
projected workspace and acquires the content.
Inventors: |
CHEUNG; WAI-TUNG; (Hong
Kong, HK) ; LIN; CHUN-HSIAO; (New Taipei City,
TW) ; CHEUNG; HO-CHEUNG; (Hong Kong, HK) |
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Applicant: |
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ABLE WORLD INTERNATIONAL LIMITED |
Tortola |
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VG |
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55017056 |
Appl. No.: |
15/535233 |
Filed: |
December 11, 2015 |
PCT Filed: |
December 11, 2015 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/CN2015/097136 |
371 Date: |
June 12, 2017 |
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G06F 40/106 20200101;
G06F 8/38 20130101; H04L 63/102 20130101; H04L 67/12 20130101; G06F
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201410768564.X |
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Claims
1. A content delivery method, comprising: providing a projectable
space instance to a network connection device so as to allow a
sender to deliver a content to a receiver, wherein the projectable
space instance is used for modeling a workspace; allowing the
sender to optionally configure an information importer for
providing the content to the workspace and an authentication tool
in the projectable space instance and assign a receiver identity in
the authentication tool; transmitting a uniform resource identifier
corresponding to the projectable space instance from the sender to
the receiver through a public communication channel; projecting the
workspace to the receiver when the receiver opens the uniform
resource identifier; and allowing the receiver to login into the
projected workspace and acquire the content after the receiver
identity assigned by the sender is authenticated.
2. The content delivery method according to claim 1, wherein the
network connection device is a public machine or a non-public
machine for allowing the sender to optionally install the
projectable space instance.
3. The content delivery method according to claim 1, wherein the
content is a message, a document, a program, a number, a digital
information, a medium, an electronic book or any combination
thereof.
4. The content delivery method according to claim 1, wherein a
unified information unit and/or a unified tool accessible in the
projected workspace is imported into the projected workspace
through the information importer.
5. The content delivery method according to claim 4, wherein the
unified information unit includes a link, and the link indicates
where an original information of the content is located.
6. The content delivery method according to claim 1, wherein the
public communication channel is Line, Whatsapp, Skype, Facebook
messenger or any channel capable of transmitting the uniform
resource identifier.
7. The content delivery method according to claim 1, wherein the
receiver identity includes a Facebook ID, a Line ID, an electronic
mail account, a fingerprint or any other identification item to be
identified by the authentication tool.
8. The content delivery method according to claim 1, wherein the
projectable space instance is instantiated by a unified script,
which is used as an intermediate language for implementing the
workspace.
9. The content delivery method according to claim 1, wherein the
step of projecting the workspace further comprises a step of using
a projector to parse the projectable space instance to build a
working environment, so that the projected workspace is executed in
the working environment.
10. A content delivery method, comprising: providing a projectable
space instance to a network connection device so as to allow a
sender to deliver a content to a receiver, wherein the projectable
space instance is used for modeling a workspace; allowing the
sender to optionally configure an unified information unit for
accessing the content and an authentication tool in the projectable
space instance and assign a receiver identity in the authentication
tool; transmitting a uniform resource identifier corresponding to
the projectable space instance from the sender to the receiver
through a public communication channel; projecting the workspace to
the receiver when the receiver opens the uniform resource
identifier; and allowing the receiver to login into the projected
workspace and acquire the content through the unified information
unit after the receiver identity assigned by the sender is
authenticated.
11. The content delivery method according to claim 10, wherein the
network connection device is a public machine or a non-public
machine for allowing the sender to optionally install the
projectable space instance.
12. The content delivery method according to claim 10, wherein the
content is a message, a document, a program, a number, a digital
information, a medium, an electronic book or any combination
thereof.
13. The content delivery method according to claim 10, wherein the
projectable space instance has a built-in information importer,
wherein the unified information unit is optionally provided to the
projected workspace through the built-in information importer.
14. The content delivery method according to claim 10, wherein the
unified information unit includes a link, and the link indicates
where an original information of the content is located.
15. The content delivery method according to claim 10, wherein the
public communication channel is Line, Whatsapp, Skype, Facebook
messenger or any channel capable of transmitting the uniform
resource identifier.
16. The content delivery method according to claim 10, wherein the
receiver identity includes a Facebook ID, a Line ID, an electronic
mail account, a fingerprint or any other identification item to be
identified by the authentication tool.
17. The content delivery method according to claim 10, wherein the
projectable space instance is instantiated by a unified script,
which is used as an intermediate language for implementing the
workspace.
18. The content delivery method according to claim 10, wherein the
step of projecting the workspace further comprises a step of using
a projector to parse the projectable space instance to build a
working environment, so that the projected workspace is executed in
the working environment.
19. A computer program product for delivering a content, the
computer program product comprising a program code, wherein while
the computer program product is executed in a computer, the program
code performs steps of: providing a projectable space instance to a
network connection device so as to allow a sender to deliver a
content to a receiver, wherein the projectable space instance is
used for modeling a workspace; allowing the sender to optionally
configure an information importer for providing the content to the
workspace and an authentication tool in the projectable space
instance and assign a receiver identity in the authentication tool;
transmitting a uniform resource identifier corresponding to the
projectable space instance from the sender to the receiver through
a public communication channel; projecting the workspace to the
receiver when the receiver opens the uniform resource identifier;
and allowing the receiver to login into the projected workspace and
acquire the content after the receiver identity assigned by the
sender is authenticated.
20. A computer program product for delivering a content, the
computer program product comprising a program code, wherein while
the computer program product is executed in a computer, the program
code performs steps of: providing a projectable space instance to a
network connection device so as to allow a sender to deliver a
content to a receiver, wherein the projectable space instance is
used for modeling a workspace; allowing the sender to optionally
configure an unified information unit for accessing the content and
an authentication tool in the projectable space instance and assign
a receiver identity in the authentication tool; transmitting a
uniform resource identifier corresponding to the projectable space
instance from the sender to the receiver through a public
communication channel; projecting the workspace to the receiver
when the receiver opens the uniform resource identifier; and
allowing the receiver to login into the projected workspace and
acquire the content through the unified information unit after the
receiver identity assigned by the sender is authenticated.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a content delivery
method.
BACKGROUND
[0002] In recent years, the popularity and growth of social network
apps and public communication channels have increased dramatically.
For example, the existing social networks and public communication
channels include Facebook, Google+, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube,
LinkedIn, LINE, Whatsapps, Snapchat, and so on. The social
networking apps are typically organized according to the user's
profiles and/or the collection of contents.
[0003] Generally, the social network and the public communication
system include individuals, companies, restaurants, political
parties and event profiles that are represented in a similar manner
to human members (e.g., profile pages accessible by members of a
social network). Individual members usually connect to social
networking services through existing web-based platforms via a
computing device and/or a smart phone. In the social network and
the public communication system, it is common for a sender to send
files or programs from the web-based platforms to a receiver at a
remote location.
[0004] Consequently, the security of sending messages through the
social network is becoming more concerned. In many cases,
individuals may consider that strong security measures in the
social networks are taken to prevent unauthorized access to visit
the social network and share contents. However, as new threats to
the security of social network contents continue to emerge, it
becomes apparent that current security measures are not
satisfied.
[0005] In views of sharing data and information, how to ensure the
security of user data is a major technical challenge for cloud
storage and other information services. A common way applied to web
transmission is encryption and decryption. For example, an
encryption algorithm is used to encrypt the message or information
and convert it into an unreadable ciphertext. Then, an authorized
party is able to decode the ciphertext using a decryption
algorithm. However, the use of cryptography as a protect scheme has
the following drawbacks. Firstly, encryption cannot completely
prevent hacking because it only reduces the likelihood that the
hacker can read the encrypted data. Secondly, a host owner may
directly steal and invade the encrypted message or information
without permission. Thirdly, it requires more hardware resources
and consumes more time.
[0006] Moreover, the service providers (e.g., Google, Dropbox and
Amazon) for providing contents to the receivers can access and look
through the information that is uploaded to the cloud storage. That
is, the contents to be delivered are exposed to the service
providers. The service provider may analyze the users of interest
without notifying the users. In other words, the service providers
are threats to users' privacy.
[0007] U.S. Pat. No. 8,271,649, entitled "Access rights used for
resource discovery in peer-to-peer networks", is directed to secure
resource discovery in peer-to-peer networks. This technology
involves creating a resource discovery record associated with a
computing resource of a user device that is made available via the
user device to peers of a peer-to-peer network. However, since this
technology involves encryption/decryption, error detection and
correction, bit stream translation and filtering, this technology
bears more software and hardware resources.
SUMMARY
[0008] The present invention is related to a content delivery
method, which has the following advantages.
[0009] An object of the prevent invention is to be free from
encryption or decryption and to protect delivered information or
data from being stolen or invaded through the mainframe end.
[0010] Another object of the present invention is to reduce the
time required for uploading and downloading media data
[0011] A further object of the present invention is to create a
user's personal workspace for protecting his/her private
information (e.g., a machine hosted in a secured place), wherein
the personal workspace is free from control of the mainframe
end.
[0012] In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, there
is provided a content delivery method. The content delivery method
includes the following steps. Firstly, a projectable space instance
for modeling a workspace is provided to a network connection device
so as to allow a sender to deliver a content to a receiver. Then,
an information importer for providing the content to the workspace
and an authentication tool are optionally configured in the
projectable space instance by the sender, and a receiver identity
is assigned in the authentication tool. Then, a uniform resource
identifier (URI) corresponding to the projectable space instance is
transmitted from the sender to the receiver through a public
communication channel. When the receiver opens the URI, the
workspace is projected to the receiver. After the receiver is
authenticated according to the receiver identity assigned by the
sender, the receiver logins into the projected workspace and
acquires the content.
[0013] In an embodiment, the network connection device is a public
machine or a non-public machine for allowing the sender to
optionally install the projectable space instance.
[0014] In an embodiment, the content is a message, document, a
program, a number, a digital information, a medium, an electronic
book or any combination thereof.
[0015] In an embodiment, a unified information unit and/or a
unified tool accessible in the projected workspace is imported into
the projected workspace through the information importer.
[0016] In an embodiment, the unified information unit includes a
link, and the link indicates where an original information of the
content is located.
[0017] In an embodiment, the public communication channel is Line,
Whatsapp, Skype, Facebook messenger or any channel capable of
transmitting the uniform resource identifier.
[0018] In an embodiment, the receiver identity includes a Facebook
ID, a Line ID, an electronic mail account, a fingerprint or any
other identification item so as to be identified by the
authentication tool.
[0019] In an embodiment, the projectable space instance is
instantiated by a unified script, which is used as an intermediate
language for implementing the workspace.
[0020] In an embodiment, the step of projecting the workspace
further comprises a step of using a projector to parse the
projectable space instance to build a working environment, so that
the projected workspace is executed in the working environment.
[0021] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention,
there is provided a content delivery method. The content delivery
method includes the following steps. Firstly, a projectable space
instance for modeling a workspace is provided to a network
connection device so as to allow a sender to deliver a content to a
receiver. Then, a unified information unit for accessing the
content and an authentication tool are optionally configured in the
projectable space instance by the sender, and a receiver identity
in the authentication tool is assigned. Then, a uniform resource
identifier (URI) corresponding to the projectable space instance
from the sender to the receiver through a public communication
channel. When the receiver opens the uniform resource identifier,
the workspace is provided to the receiver. After the receiver
identity assigned by the sender is authenticated, the receiver is
allowed to login into the projected workspace and acquire the
content through the unified information unit.
[0022] In an embodiment, the network connection device is a public
machine or a non-public machine for allowing the sender to
optionally install the projectable space instance.
[0023] In an embodiment, the content is a message, a document, a
program, a number, a digital information, a medium, an electronic
book or any combination thereof.
[0024] In an embodiment, the projectable space instance has a
built-in information importer, wherein the unified information unit
is optionally provided to the projected workspace through the
built-in information importer.
[0025] In an embodiment, the unified information unit includes a
link, and the link indicates where an original information of the
content is located.
[0026] In an embodiment, the public communication channel is Line,
Whatsapp, Skype, Facebook messenger or any channel capable of
transmitting the uniform resource identifier.
[0027] In an embodiment, the receiver identity includes a Facebook
ID, a Line ID, an electronic mail account, a fingerprint or any
other identification item so as to be identified by the
authentication tool.
[0028] In an embodiment, the projectable space instance is
instantiated by a unified script, which is used as an intermediate
language for implementing the workspace.
[0029] In an embodiment, the step of projecting the workspace
further comprises a step of using a projector to parse the
projectable space instance to build a working environment, so that
the projected workspace is executed in the working environment.
[0030] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention,
there is provided a computer program product for delivering a
content. The computer program product includes a program code.
While the computer program product is executed in a computer, the
program code performs the following steps. Firstly, a projectable
space instance for modeling a workspace is provided to a network
connection device so as to allow a sender to deliver the content to
a receiver. Then, an information importer for providing the content
to the workspace and an authentication tool are optionally
configured in the projectable space instance by the sender, and a
receiver identity is assigned in the authentication tool. Then, a
uniform resource identifier (URI) corresponding to the projectable
space instance is transmitted from the sender to the receiver
through a public communication channel. When the receiver opens the
URI, the workspace is projected to the receiver. After the receiver
is authenticated according to the receiver identity assigned by the
sender, the receiver logins into the projected workspace and
acquires the content.
[0031] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention,
there is provided a computer program product for delivering a
content. The computer program product includes a program code.
While the computer program product is executed in a computer, the
program code performs the following steps. Firstly, a projectable
space instance for modeling a workspace is provided to a network
connection device so as to allow a sender to deliver the content to
a receiver. Then, a unified information unit for accessing the
content and an authentication tool are optionally configured in the
projectable space instance by the sender, and a receiver identity
in the authentication tool is assigned. Then, a uniform resource
identifier (URI) corresponding to the projectable space instance
from the sender to the receiver through a public communication
channel. When the receiver opens the uniform resource identifier,
the workspace is provided to the receiver. After the receiver
identity assigned by the sender is authenticated, the receiver is
allowed to login into the projected workspace and acquire the
content through the unified information unit.
[0032] The above objects and advantages of the present invention
will become more readily apparent to those ordinarily skilled in
the art after reviewing the following detailed description and
accompanying drawings, in which:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0033] FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an implementation
concept of a unifying method according to an embodiment;
[0034] FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an implementation
concept of using the unified script as an intermediate language for
implementing the personal workspace;
[0035] FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a preferred
configuration of a personal workspace;
[0036] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating an initial state
of the method of projecting the workspace according to an
embodiment of the present invention;
[0037] FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams illustrating
operating concepts of the method of projecting the workspace as
shown in FIG. 4;
[0038] FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the relationship
between a projectable space instance as shown in FIG. 4 and a
projected workspace as shown in FIG. 5B;
[0039] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a content delivery method
on network according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0040] FIG. 8 schematically illustrates an implementation concept
of an overall mechanism of delivering a content from a sender to a
receiver using the content delivery method of FIG. 7;
[0041] FIG. 9 schematically illustrates an implementation concept
of the step S140 of projecting the workspace to the receiver in the
content delivery method of FIG. 7;
[0042] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating the relationship
between a projectable space instance and a projected workspace
according to an embodiment of the present invention;
[0043] FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a content delivery
method on network according to another embodiment of the present
invention. The content delivery method comprises the following
steps;
[0044] FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating the projected
workspace applied to the method of FIG. 11;
[0045] FIG. 13 schematically illustrates an authentication tool
launched in an auto launch mode while the workspace is
projected;
[0046] FIG. 14 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a computer
program product using the content delivery method of FIG. 7;
and
[0047] FIG. 15 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a computer
program product using the content delivery method of FIG. 11.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0048] The present invention is more fully appreciated by reference
to the following description, including the following glossary of
terms and the concluding examples. For the sake of brevity, the
disclosures of the publications, including patents, cited in this
specification are herein incorporated by reference.
[0049] The examples below are non-limiting and are merely
representative of various aspects and features of the present
invention. The term "information source" used herein is defined as
a sequence of symbols that can be interpreted as a message in the
most limited technical meaning. And the message is used for
organizing and labeling information. For example, the information
source includes website (such as internet service), intranet,
social network, software, electronic book, database and other media
of information (such as storage media of non-transitory computer or
storage media of mobile device). The term "original information"
used herein is a file, a web page, a database row, a policy, a rule
or any data accessible in a corresponding machine and server, but
is not limited thereto. The term "original tool" used herein is a
utility program, a widget, an intelligent agent, an application, a
service or any executable component accessible in a corresponding
machine and server, but is not limited thereto. It is noted that
the information sources, the original information and the original
tool are not restricted to the above examples.
[0050] Moreover, "original information" and "original tool" are
implementation examples of "original matters" used herein. In
accordance with the present invention, a plurality of "original
matters" from identical or different "information sources" are
modeled to a plurality of "unified matters" by a unifying method.
Consequently, the "unified matters" in the same execution
environment are compatible with each other and cooperate to perform
a specified task. The "unified tool" and the "unified information
unit" are implementation examples of the "unified matters".
Moreover, the term "Matterizer" used herein is a means, a device or
a program code to perform the unifying process.
[0051] In an embodiment, the above unifying method comprises steps
of: modeling at least one original information obtained from at
least one information source of multiple information sources into a
unified information unit with one unified data model via
re-organizing the original information, and/or modeling at least
one original tool obtained from at least one information source of
multiple information sources into a unified tool with another
unified data model via re-organizing the original tool. The one
unified data model and another unified data model could be
identical or different, and the unifying method described above
could be completed through a matterizer.
[0052] Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram
illustrating an implementation concept of a unifying method
according to an embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the matterizer 992
re-organizes an attribute and a link of an original matter 991 with
a unified data model 993, and thus models the original matter 991
into a unified matter 994. Consequently, the basic attribute of the
unified matter 994 include a type of the original matter 991 and a
link indicating where the original matter 994 is located.
[0053] In this embodiment, the original matter 991 at least
includes an original information (not shown) or an original tool
(not shown), but is not limited thereto. In the above unifying
method, if the attribute accessible from the original information
corresponds to the attribute to be unified in the unified
information unit, the unified information unit is directly produced
through the matterizer 992. If the attribute accessible from the
original information does not correspond to the attribute to be
unified in the unified information unit, the original information
is firstly re-defined by logically re-organizing the attributes and
the link of the original information, and then the original
information is converted into a new original information with the
attributes which correspond to attributes to be unified in the
unified information unit. Consequently, the unified information
unit is indirectly produced.
[0054] Moreover, if the original tool is compatible with the
working environment of the workspace, the unified tool is directly
produced by the matterizer 992. On the other hand, if the original
tool is incompatible with the working environment of the workspace,
the unified tool is indirectly produced via an adapter and/or a
software development kit (SDK) of the original tool to drive the
original tool. The adapter provides an interface implementation
compatible with the working environment.
[0055] Herein, "the descriptions of the unifying method", "the
methods of obtaining the unified matters" and "the descriptions of
the matterizer" may be referred to the U.S. patent application Ser.
No. 14/324,069, entitled "A method of unifying information and tool
from a plurality of information sources", and also referred to the
China Patent Application No. 201410768564.X, entitled "A method of
unifying information and tool from a plurality of information
sources and computer product and device using the method". The
detailed descriptions thereof are omitted.
[0056] The above unifying method is presented herein for purpose of
illustration and description only. The method of unifying a
plurality of original matters from different information sources is
not restricted. However, those skilled in the art will readily
observe that numerous modifications and alterations may be made
while retaining the teachings of the invention.
[0057] Hereinafter, two other unifying methods will be illustrated.
The first unifying method is applied to a method of unifying the
information of Garmin satellite navigation. Through a
point-of-interest (POI) function of the Garmin satellite
navigation, the method of unifying the information is employed to
unify the imported original point information (i.e., an original
information) into the corresponding unified point information
(i.e., a unified information unit). The second unifying method is
applied to a method of unifying the tool of an Android system. The
Android system is a Linux-based open source mobile operating
system. However, most application programs (i.e., original tools)
are written in the Java programming language. Consequently, the
application program (i.e., the original tool) written in the Java
programming language can be modelled into a unified application
program (i.e., the unified tool) compatible with the Android system
so as to be executed in the Android system.
[0058] The term "workspace" used herein is a working environment
for providing interactions among the at least one matterizer, the
at least one tool and/or the at least one information so as to
implement a specified task. Moreover, the at least one tool and/or
at least one information can be imported into the workspace through
the at least one matterizer. However, the way of importing the
information and/or tool into the workspace is not restricted.
Hereinafter, information importers such as the information
importers 9881, 9882 and 9883 of FIG. 2, the Dropbox importer 9761'
of FIG. 6 and the information 304 of FIG. 12 are some examples of
the matterizer. The term "unified script" used herein is an
intermediate language to implement the workspace. Moreover, via the
"unified script", the at least one matterizer, the at least one
tool and/or the at least one information can be provided to the
workspace (e.g., built in or plugged in the workspace).
[0059] In an embodiment, the above at least one information is a
unified information unit which is produced after at least one
original information obtained from at least one information source
is unified, and the above at least one tool is a unified tool which
is produced after at least one original tool obtained from at least
one information source is unified. Moreover, according to different
tasks, the required unified information unit and/or the required
unified tool from the corresponding information source can be added
to the personal workspace (e.g., built in or plugged in the
personal workspace). In other words, the "workspace" is a
user-orientated "personal workspace".
[0060] Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3. FIG. 2 is a schematic
diagram illustrating an implementation concept of using the unified
script as an intermediate language for implementing the personal
workspace. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a preferred
configuration of a personal workspace. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG.
3, a unified information unit 985' corresponding to an original
information 985 in Dropbox 982, a first unified tool 986'
corresponding to a compatible original tool 986 in a cloud storage
983 and a second unified tool 987' corresponding to an incompatible
original tool 987 in a server 984 are combined together into a
personal workspace 981 according to the required tasks. In
particular, a unified script 980 as an intermediate language for
implementing the personal workspace 981 is firstly compiled, and
then an information importer 9881 of the Dropbox 982, an
information importer 9882 of the cloud storage 983 and an
information importer 9883 of the server 984 are configured through
the unified script 980. Moreover, after the original information
985 in the Dropbox 982 is unified into the unified information unit
985' by the information importer 9881, the unified information unit
985' is imported into the personal workspace 981.
[0061] As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the original tool stored in
the cloud storage 983 is the compatible original tool 986, which is
compatible with the component architecture of the unified tool in
the personal workspace 981. Moreover, the first unified tool 986'
corresponding to the compatible original tool 986 is directly
provided to the personal workspace 981 through the information
importer 9882 of the unified script 980.
[0062] As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the original tool stored in
the server 984 is the incompatible original tool 987, which is
incompatible with the component architecture of the unified tool in
the personal workspace 981. Moreover, the second unified tool 987'
corresponding to the incompatible original tool 987 is provided to
the personal workspace 981 through the compatible adapter 989 and
the information importer 9883 of the unified script 980.
[0063] As shown in FIG. 3, the user can configure and arrange
(e.g., group or place) the unified information unit 985', the first
unified tool 986' and the second unified tool 987' in a specific
area of the personal workspace 981 according to the practical
requirements. Moreover, according to the operational relationship
between the unified tool and the unified information unit (e.g.,
the clicking or dragging actions between the two), the user can
perform specified tasks by using the unified tool to access or
control the corresponding unified information unit.
[0064] Herein, "the descriptions of using the unified script as the
intermediate language for implementing the personal workspace" and
"the descriptions of allowing the required unified information unit
and/or the required unified tool from the corresponding information
sources to be arbitrarily combined together into the personal
workspace according to the practical requirements" may be referred
to the U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/325,466, entitled
"Method for performing task on unified information units in a
personal workspace", and also referred to the China Patent
Application No. 201410796528.4, entitled "A method of combining
unified matters in a personal workspace and computer product and
device using the method". The detailed descriptions thereof are
omitted.
[0065] The above personal workspace is presented herein for purpose
of illustration and description only, and it is noted that the
applications of the workspace in the present invention is not
restricted. For example, the unified script as the intermediate
language for implementing the workspace can be previously edited.
Consequently, the workspace equips the default matterizer, the
default information and/or the default tool. This workspace is not
limited to be operated by a single user. According to the practical
requirements, this workspace can be operated by multiple users at
the same time or at different times.
[0066] Moreover, the "workspace" used herein is obtained by "a
method of projecting a workspace" to any electronic device with
computational capability. An example of the electronic device
includes but is not limited to a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a
notebook computer or a desktop computer. Consequently, the
"projected workspace" can be operated by any user through any
electronic device with computational capability.
[0067] In an embodiment, the method of projecting the workspace
comprises the following steps. Firstly, a projectable space
instance instantiated by the unified script is obtained through a
uniform resource identifier (URI). As mentioned above, the unified
script is defined to configure at least one of the matterizer, the
information and the tool to model the workspace. Moreover, the
projectable space instance is used to build the projected workspace
corresponding to the workspace, and thus provide an interface for
operating at least one of the matterizer, the information and the
tool to implement a task. Then, a projector parses the projectable
space instance and build a working environment to configure at
least one of the matterizer, the information and the tool so as to
execute the projected workspace for providing interactions between
at least one user and the projected workspace.
[0068] The projector is acquired from a remote data station, the
projectable space instance or a preloaded application program, and
loaded into an engine for providing a compatible environment to
execute the projector. An example of the engine includes but is not
limited to a Javascript engine, a Windows application or a Linux
application. Preferably but not exclusively, the unified script can
be declared by a document type definition (DTD), an extensible
markup language (XML) Schema, a structured language or a structured
protocol. Preferably but not exclusively, the projectable space
instance is an object, an extensible markup language (XML)
document, or an instance instantiated with a structured language or
a structured protocol.
[0069] Please refer to FIG. 4, FIG. 5A, FIG. 5B and FIG. 6. FIG. 4
is a schematic diagram illustrating an initial state of the method
of projecting the workspace according to an embodiment of the
present invention. FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams
illustrating operating concepts of the method of projecting the
workspace as shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram
illustrating the relationship between a projectable space instance
as shown in FIG. 4 and a projected workspace as shown in FIG.
5B.
[0070] In the initial state of FIG. 4, a first electronic device
971 and a second electronic device 972 are in communication with
each other (e.g., through network connection). Moreover, the first
electronic device 971 stores a projectable space instance 973, and
the second electronic device 972 has a built-in projector 974.
[0071] In this embodiment, the unified script 9731 is declared by a
document type definition (DTD) and defined to configure at least
one information importer (i.e., an example of the matterizer), at
least one unified information unit and/or at least one unified tool
to model a workspace, and the projectable space instance 973 is an
instance instantiated with the extensible markup language (XML). As
shown in FIG. 6, the projectable space instance 973 is used for
building a projected workspace 976 corresponding to the workspace.
Moreover, the information importer, the unified information and/or
the unified tool is allowed to be added to or removed from the
projectable space instance 973.
[0072] The projector 974 of the second electronic device 972 will
build a working environment 975 in the second electronic device 972
for executing the projected workspace 976. In addition, the
projector 974 provides a microkernel 977 (see FIG. 6) to the
working environment 975 for equipping at least one information
importer, at least one unified information and/or at least one
unified tool that will be added to the projected workspace 976.
When the second electronic device 972 acquires the projectable
space instance 973 from the first electronic device 971 through a
URI, the projector 974 of the second electronic device 972 starts
to parse the projectable space instance 973 (see FIG. 5A). After
the projectable space instance 973 is parsed by the projector 974,
the projected workspace 976 is built in the working environment 975
according to parsed contents of the projectable space instance 973
(see FIG. 5B). Accordingly, a user of the second electronic device
972 can interact with the projected workspace 976 through the
second electronic device 972 so as to perform related tasks.
[0073] The relationships between the unified script 9731, the
projectable space instance 973 and the projected workspace 976 will
be illustrated in more detailed through a usage situation as shown
in FIG. 6. The usage situation as shown in FIG. 6 is related to a
process of building a projected workspace that is capable of
accessing jpg format image files and gif format image files from a
specified internet space and allowing the image files to be viewed
by a user. In this usage situation, the unified script 9731 is
declared by the Document Type Definition (DTD), and the projectable
space instance 973 is instantiated with XML.
[0074] Moreover, an information importer and a unified tool are
added into the projectable space instance 973, and at least one
unified information unit corresponding to the original information
is imported into the projected workspace 976 through the
information importer. In this usage situation, the information
importer is a Dropbox importer. The information of the Dropbox
importer is disclosed in the dashed line frame 9761 of FIG. 6. The
original information includes a jpg format image file 9791, a jpg
format image file 9792 and a gif format image file 9793 in Dropbox
979 (i.e., an information source). The unified information units
includes a unified jpg format image file 9791', a unified jpg
format image file 9792' and a unified gif format image file 9793',
which will be described later. The unified tool is an image viewer
for accessing image files which are imported into the projected
workspace 976. The information of the image viewer is disclosed in
the dashed line frame 9762 of FIG. 6.
[0075] As mentioned above, the projected workspace 976 is built
after the projectable space instance 973 is parsed by the projector
974 of the second electronic device 972. In this embodiment, the
Dropbox importer 9761' corresponding to the dashed line frame 9761
and the image viewer 9762' corresponding to the dashed line frame
9762 are configured in the projected workspace 976. Moreover, the
jpg format image file 9791, the jpg format image file 9792 and the
gif format image file 9793 in Dropbox 979 are unified and imported
into the projected workspace 976 by the Dropbox importer 9761'.
Consequently, the unified jpg format image file 9791' corresponding
to the jpg format image file 9791, the unified jpg format image
file 9792' corresponding to the jpg format image file 9792 and the
unified gif format image file 9793' corresponding to the gif format
image file 9793 are displayed on the projected workspace 976. When
the user of the second electronic device 972 manipulates any of the
unified image files 9791', 9792' and 9793' by any specified
operating means (such as an action of clicking any of the unified
images files 9791', 9792' and 9793' or an action of dragging and
dropping any of the image files 9791', 9792' and 9793' to the image
viewer 9762'), the image viewer 9762' will access the contents of
the corresponding unified image files 9791', 9792' or 9793' to
allow the unified image files 9791', 9792' or 9793' to be viewed by
the user. Moreover, the Dropbox importer 9761' and the image viewer
9762' mentioned above are equipped by the microkernel 977.
[0076] It is noted that the URI of the projectable space instance
973 may be a HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol) URI or a FTP (file
transfer protocol) URI. In case that the first electronic device
971 and the second electronic device 972 are integrated into one
device, the URI of the projectable space instance 973 can also be a
local file URI. However, the types of the URI of the projectable
space instance 973 are not restricted.
[0077] Herein, "the descriptions of the method of projecting the
workspace" may be referred to the U.S. patent application Ser. No.
14/577,772, entitled "Method of projecting a workspace and system
using the same", and also referred to the China Patent Application
No. 201410814138.5, entitled "Method of projecting a workspace and
system using the same". The detailed descriptions thereof are
omitted.
[0078] The above method of projecting the workspace to any
electronic device with computational capability is presented herein
for purpose of illustration and description only. The method of
projecting the workspace to any electronic device with
computational capability is not restricted. However, those skilled
in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and
alterations may be made while retaining the teachings of the
invention.
[0079] Furthermore, because the workspace could be projected to any
electronic device with computational capability, the user/users may
see the content in the same workspace in different electronic
devices through the method of projecting the workspace. Hence, the
workspace could be regarded as a platform capable of acquiring the
content. We define this behavior, one user providing the content to
another user through the workspace, is a "delivery" act. Some more
details are described as follows.
[0080] The present invention provides a content delivery method.
The examples below are non-limiting and are merely representative
of various aspects and features of the present invention.
[0081] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a content delivery method
on network according to an embodiment of the present invention. The
content delivery method comprises the following steps. In a step
(a), a projectable space instance for modeling a workspace is
provided to a network connection device so as to allow a sender to
deliver a content to a receiver (S110). In a step (b), an
information importer for providing the content to the workspace and
an authentication tool are optionally configured in the projectable
space instance by the sender, and a receiver identity is assigned
in the authentication tool (S120). In a step (c), a uniform
resource identifier (URI) corresponding to the projectable space
instance is transmitted from the sender to the receiver through a
public communication channel (S130). In a step (d), the workspace
is projected to the receiver when the receiver opens the URI
(S140). In a step (e), the receiver logins into the projected
workspace and acquires the content after the receiver is
authenticated according to the receiver identity assigned by the
sender (S150).
[0082] In an embodiment, network connection device is a public
machine or a non-public machine for allowing the sender to
optionally install the projectable space instance. An example of
the network connection device includes but is not limited to a web
server.
[0083] FIG. 8 schematically illustrates an implementation concept
of an overall mechanism of delivering a content from a sender to a
receiver using the content delivery method of FIG. 7. As shown in
FIG. 8, a web server 200 provides a projector 201 and a projectable
space instance 202. The projector 201 is accessible through a link
http://xx.x.x/projector. The projectable space instance 202 is
accessible through a route id: 0138ACD.
[0084] In this embodiment, the uniform resource identifier (URI)
corresponding to the projectable space instance is
"http://x.x.x/projector#!/0138ACD". The URI corresponding to the
projectable space instance 202 can be transmitted from the sender
210 to the receiver 220 through a public communication channel such
as Line, Whatsapp, Skype, Facebook messenger and/or any channel
capable of transmitting the URI. Consequently, the content can be
delivered from the sender 210 to the receiver 220. An example of
the content includes but is not limited to a message, a document, a
program, a number, a digital information, a medium, an electronic
book or any combination thereof.
[0085] FIG. 9 schematically illustrates an implementation concept
of the step S140 of projecting the workspace to the receiver in the
content delivery method of FIG. 7. When the receiver 220 opens the
URI corresponding to the projectable space instance 202 through a
browser 240, the browser 240 loads the projector 201 from the web
server 200 containing the link http://xx.x.x/projector.
Consequently, a working environment 2011 for executing the
projected workspace 241 is built in the browser 240 by the
projector 201. In addition, the projector 201 provides a
microkernel 2012 (see FIG. 10) to the working environment 241 for
equipping at least one unified matter that is compiled in the
projectable space instance 202. For example, the at least one
unified matter includes an authentication tool (see FIG. 10) and an
information importer (see FIG. 10). Then, the projector 201 starts
to parse the projectable space instance 202. After the projectable
space instance 202 is parsed by the projector 201, the projected
workspace 241 is built in the working environment 2011 according to
parsed contents of the projectable space instance 202.
[0086] FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating the relationship
between a projectable space instance and a projected workspace
according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to
the practical requirements, an information importer 204 and an
authentication tool 203 (i.e., also belong to a unified tool) are
optionally configured in the projectable space instance 202 by the
sender 210.
[0087] Through the information importer 204, the content 251 from a
network attached storage (NAS) 250 is provided to the projected
workspace 241. The content 251 contains the content to be delivered
from the sender 210 to the receiver 220. For example, the content
251 includes a message, a document, a program, a number, a digital
information, a medium and/or an electronic book. On the other hand,
the information importer 204 is used for importing a unified
information unit 251' that is accessible in the projected workspace
241. In this embodiment, the unified information unit 251' is
produced after the content 251 from the network attached storage
250 is unified by the information importer 204. The authentication
tool 203 is used for allowing the sender 210 to assign the entity
of the receiver 220. For example, the entity of the receiver
includes a password, a biometrics characteristic, an authentication
graphics or a certificate. After receiver 220 is authenticated
according to the receiver identity assigned by the sender 210, the
receiver 220 can login in the projected workspace 241 and then
access the content 251 that is delivered from the sender 210 and in
the projected workspace 241.
[0088] In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the projectable
space instance 202 is an instance instantiated with the extensible
markup language (XML). FIG. 10 also shows the relationships between
partial parsed contents of the projectable space instance 202 and
the authentication tool 203 and the information importer 204 of the
projected workspace 241. As shown in FIG. 10, the two ends of each
dotted line denote two corresponding ones in the relationship.
[0089] An example of partial parsed contents of the projectable
space instance 202 will be illustrated as follows:
TABLE-US-00001 <information importer> <importer_type>
Importer/NAS</importer_type> <importer_link>
http://xx.x.x/NAS Importer</importer_link>*.sup.1 <
source>http://a.a.a./content/ACD5178</source >*.sup.2
</information importer> <user>*.sup.3
<user_account="Justin">*.sup.4 <user_ID="A5782">
<user_password="12345"> </user> <tool>
<tool_type>Authenticator/Basic</tool_type>
<tool_link>http://xx.x.x/authenticator</tool_link>
<target_user>Justin</target_user> <mode> auto
launch </mode >*.sup.5 </tool>
[0090] In the above partial parsed contents of the projectable
space instance 202, the note *1 indicates a link where the
information importer 204 is located, the note *2 indicates a link
where the content 251 is located, the note *3 indicates the
receiver identity assigned by the sender 210, the note *4 indicates
the name of the receiver assigned by the sender 210, and the note
*5 indicates that the authentication tool is immediately launched
in an auto launch mode while the workspace is projected.
[0091] From the above descriptions, when the sender 210 wants to
deliver the content 251 to the receiver 220, the information
importer 204 and the authentication tool 203 are optionally
configured in the projectable space instance 202 by the sender 210.
In addition, the URL corresponding to the projectable space
instance 202 is transmitted to the receiver 220.
[0092] FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a content delivery
method on network according to another embodiment of the present
invention. The content delivery method comprises the following
steps. In a step (a), a projectable space instance for modeling a
workspace is provided to a network connection device so as to allow
a sender to deliver a content to a receiver (S210). In a step (b),
a unified information unit for accessing the content and an
authentication tool are optionally configured in the projectable
space instance by the sender, and a receiver identity is assigned
in the authentication tool (S220). In a step (c), a uniform
resource identifier (URI) corresponding to the projectable space
instance is transmitted from the sender to the receiver through a
public communication channel (S230). In a step (d), the workspace
is projected to the receiver when the receiver opens the URI
(S240). In a step (e), the receiver logins into the projected
workspace and acquires the content through the unified information
unit after the receiver is authenticated according to the receiver
identity assigned by the sender (S250).
[0093] Except for the following procedure, the content delivery
method of FIG. 11 is similar to the content delivery method of FIG.
7. Hereinafter, the difference between the content delivery method
of FIG. 11 and the content delivery method of FIG. 7 will be
illustrated with reference to FIG. 12. FIG. 12 is a schematic
diagram illustrating the projected workspace applied to the method
of FIG. 11. In the content delivery method of FIG. 11, an
authentication tool 303 and a unified information unit 351' for
accessing the content 351 to be delivered to receiver 220 are
optionally configured in the projectable space instance by the
sender 210. When the receiver 220 opens the URI corresponding to
the projectable space instance, a projected workspace 341 of FIG.
12 is shown.
[0094] Preferably but not exclusively, the projectable space
instance with the authentication tool 303 and the unified
information unit 351' has a built-in information importer 304.
Through the built-in information importer 304, the unified
information unit 351' is provided to the projected workspace 341.
Consequently, the receiver 220 can acquire the content 351 that the
sender 210 wants to deliver.
[0095] From the above descriptions, when the sender 210 wants to
deliver the content 351 to the receiver 220, the authentication
tool 303 and the unified information unit 351' for accessing the
content 351 to be delivered to receiver 220 are optionally
configured in the projectable space instance 202 by the sender 210.
In addition, the URL corresponding to the projectable space
instance 202 is transmitted to the receiver 220. Consequently, the
receiver 220 can acquire the content 351 from the unified
information unit 351' in the projected workspace 341.
[0096] FIG. 13 schematically illustrates an authentication tool
launched in an auto launch mode while the workspace is projected.
While the workspace is projected, the authentication tool 203 or
303 is launched in an auto launch mode to request the receiver 220
to input identification (ID) and a password.
[0097] For example, if the receiver 220 inputs the authenticated ID
"A5782" and the authenticated password "12345", the authenticated
ID and the authenticated password inputted by the receiver 220
comply with the identity of the sender 210 that is assigned by the
sender 210. Consequently, the receiver 220 is authenticated
according to the receiver identity assigned by the sender 210.
Under this circumstance, the receiver 220 is allowed to login into
the projected workspace 241 or 341. Whereas, if the receiver 220 is
not authenticated, the content 251 or 351 delivered from the sender
210 cannot be acquired by the receiver 220.
[0098] It is noted that the identity authentication is not
restricted. For example, a Facebook ID, a Line ID, an electronic
mail account, a fingerprint or any other appropriate identification
item (e.g., a dialog box) can be applied to identity
authentication.
[0099] FIG. 14 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a computer
program product using the content delivery method of FIG. 7. For
example, the computer program product 7 is a software package. The
computer program product 7 is used for delivering the content.
Moreover, the computer program product 7 contains a program code
71. While the computer program product 7 is executed in a computer
6, the program code 71 can perform the steps of the method of FIG.
7. The implementations of these steps are similar to those
mentioned above, and the detailed descriptions thereof are
omitted.
[0100] FIG. 15 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a computer
program product using the content delivery method of FIG. 11. For
example, the computer program product 8 is a software package. The
computer program product 8 is used for delivering the content.
Moreover, the computer program product 8 contains a program code
81. While the computer program product 8 is executed in a computer
6, the program code 71 can perform the steps of the method of FIG.
11. The implementations of these steps are similar to those
mentioned above, and the detailed descriptions thereof are
omitted
[0101] While the invention has been described in terms of what is
presently considered to be the most practical and preferred
embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention needs not be
limited to the disclosed embodiments. On the contrary, it is
intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements
included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims which
are to be accorded with the broadest interpretation so as to
encompass all such modifications and similar structures.
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